PRICKSONG

pricksong. Pricksong, n. a song pricked or set to music

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Prick″song′ (?; 115), n. [[See Prick, v. t., 4.]] Music written, or noted, with dots or points; — so called from the points or dots with which it is noted down. He fights as you sing pricksong. Shak.